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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 6
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
- Cassius
April 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 47
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
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March 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Major Herculaneum Scroll News: "In the closing section of the text our author takes a parting shot at his adversaries, who 'have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular, when it is a question of definition.'” 12
- Cassius
February 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
- Cassius
March 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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February 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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Maximum pleasure as absence of all pain: a philosophical question concerning neuroscientific and Epicurean outlook toward the feeling of pleasure 10
- shahabgh66
January 20, 2024 at 4:26 AM
- shahabgh66
January 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
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December 10, 2023 at 5:41 PM
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A Draft of A Pie Chart Presentation of Basic Concepts In Epicurean Pleasure 7
- Cassius
November 30, 2023 at 2:21 PM
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December 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM
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"Absence Of Pain Is Pleasure" - How Would You Articulate That To Someone? 30
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 15, 2023 at 9:32 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 12:47 PM
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Would You Rather Live For A Week As (1) Epicurus During the Last Week of His Life or (2) An Anonymous Shepherd Laying In The Grass In The Summertime With No Pain At All? 104
- Cassius
September 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM
- Cassius
October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
- Cassius
October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
- Cassius
October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
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February 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM
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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
- Don
February 3, 2022 at 10:32 PM
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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM
- Kalosyni
October 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM
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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
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August 25, 2021 at 12:16 AM
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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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Can You Provide A Simplified Outline of The Most Important Principles Of The Epicurean System?
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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Calculus, Minimalism, Consumerism, Finding the Path 15
- Garden Dweller
October 11, 2019 at 10:28 PM
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October 18, 2019 at 11:37 AM
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October 15 Birthday of Virgil, Date of Death of Lucretius, and Birthday of Friedrich Nietzsche (Tue, Oct 15th 2019, 11:00 am-12:59 pm)
- Cassius
October 15, 2019 at 9:33 AM
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October 15, 2019 at 9:33 AM
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New (October 1 2019) Catherine Wilson Speech Video on Epicurean Philosophy 10
- Cassius
October 8, 2019 at 4:15 PM
- Cassius
October 13, 2019 at 2:02 PM
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Video: The Principal Doctrines of Epicurus 2
- Cassius
October 12, 2019 at 12:32 PM
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October 12, 2019 at 2:23 PM
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Video: The Vatican List Of The Sayings Of Epicurus
- Cassius
October 12, 2019 at 9:34 AM
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October 12, 2019 at 9:34 AM
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Technology Question - How Best To Create "Video" With Speech Matched To Scrolling Text 37
- Cassius
October 10, 2019 at 4:08 PM
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October 12, 2019 at 4:21 AM
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EPICUREANISM: Ancient Answers to Modern Questions" | Marc Nelson 12
- Hiram
October 8, 2019 at 7:39 AM
- Hiram
October 11, 2019 at 10:39 AM
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Against the stoics 4
- azbcethananderson
October 3, 2019 at 3:41 PM
- azbcethananderson
October 4, 2019 at 6:50 AM
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What Would You Take To Cease To Be An Epicurean? 1
- Cassius
October 1, 2019 at 9:41 AM
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October 1, 2019 at 11:15 AM
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Six Key Assertions of Epicurean Thought
- Cassius
September 30, 2019 at 2:25 PM
- Cassius
September 30, 2019 at 2:25 PM
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Happy Blasphemy Day 2
- Hiram
September 30, 2019 at 11:35 AM
- Hiram
September 30, 2019 at 2:10 PM
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A Reddit Exchange With Comments 8
- Cassius
September 28, 2019 at 8:02 PM
- Cassius
September 30, 2019 at 9:14 AM
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Discussion of Article: "Political Division In The Promotion of Epicurean Philosophy: A Prescription For Disaster" 6
- Cassius
September 28, 2019 at 8:54 AM
- Cassius
September 29, 2019 at 7:42 PM
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Epicureanism in the Imperial Age 4
- michelepinto
September 25, 2019 at 9:10 AM
- michelepinto
September 28, 2019 at 11:59 AM
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A Useful Analogy: The Preflight Checklist 18
- Cassius
September 15, 2019 at 9:14 AM
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September 28, 2019 at 4:15 AM
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Referencing help needed 3
- Diamat
September 26, 2019 at 7:02 AM
- Diamat
September 26, 2019 at 4:57 PM
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Discussion of the Article "On Pleasure vs Tranquility - A Dialogue With Southampton"
- Cassius
September 26, 2019 at 4:38 PM
- Cassius
September 26, 2019 at 4:38 PM
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New Epicurean Book is actually a critique of Nussbaum 30
- Hiram
September 20, 2019 at 4:36 PM
- Hiram
September 23, 2019 at 6:56 PM
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Remember To Join Us For A Skype Call This Sunday 9/1 If You Can! 11
- Cassius
August 30, 2019 at 4:38 PM
- Cassius
September 22, 2019 at 4:22 PM
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Happy Twentieth of September 2019! 7
- Cassius
September 20, 2019 at 7:01 AM
- Cassius
September 20, 2019 at 2:08 PM
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The Normativity of Nature in Epicurean Ethics and Politics 1
- Hiram
September 15, 2019 at 11:42 AM
- Hiram
September 15, 2019 at 12:37 PM
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Pleasure as a Synergy: A Critical Discussion of Ataraxia in Epicurean Ethics 4
- Hiram
September 10, 2019 at 10:53 AM
- Hiram
September 11, 2019 at 11:13 AM
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You may think that I am crazy to consider Epicurus to be a god...
- Cassius
September 11, 2019 at 8:24 AM
- Cassius
September 11, 2019 at 8:24 AM
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Access to conversation denied 5
- Godfrey
September 8, 2019 at 5:54 PM
- Godfrey
September 9, 2019 at 1:17 PM
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Old Tullius Accuses Epicurus of Shirking 2
- Cassius
September 7, 2019 at 10:45 AM
- Cassius
September 7, 2019 at 10:48 AM
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On Freedom And Happines -- A Post By Elayne
- Cassius
September 6, 2019 at 6:46 PM
- Cassius
September 6, 2019 at 6:46 PM
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Can You Eat Yourself Happy?
- Hiram
September 6, 2019 at 2:47 PM
- Hiram
September 6, 2019 at 2:47 PM
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Some Thoughts on “The Family”, and How the Doctrine of Determinism is Used By Christian Extremists 1
- Hiram
August 25, 2019 at 2:00 PM
- Hiram
September 4, 2019 at 10:31 PM
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Peace and Safety For Those in The Path of Hurricane Dorian! 4
- Cassius
September 3, 2019 at 6:58 PM
- Cassius
September 4, 2019 at 9:36 PM
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